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ECHOES OF DECEIT: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY – BOOK 3

by · · on Apr 15, 2025

ECHOES OF DECEIT: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY – BOOK 3

A SHATTERED MAN. A CORRUPT CITY. ONE LAST CHANCE TO SET THINGS RIGHT—BEFORE EVERYTHING FALLS APART

Chicago is rotting from within.

Forensic accounting investigator Sam Halloran is still reeling from a brutal case in Guatemala. Doubting his purpose and his future, he throws himself into a new investigation inside Chicago Public Schools—expecting routine fraud. What he uncovers is anything but.

The deeper Sam’s team digs, the uglier it gets: political greed, mob pressure, and buried secrets powerful enough to destroy lives. Chicago’s power brokers don’t just ruin people—they bury them. And this time, they’re waiting for Sam.

Then Catherine Jennings steps back into his life—sultry, sharp-edged, unforgettable. Once his student. Briefly, his lover. Now, he learns that she's the daughter of the CEO at the center of his investigation. Their connection is a legal and personal disaster… but desire ignores boundaries, and neither is ready to walk away.

As duty and desire collide, Sam is forced to confront the failures and ghosts he’s outrun for decades—his family, his father, and the lingering fear that his life’s work has lost its meaning.

When betrayal turns deadly, Sam must decide what justice truly means—and how much he’s willing to sacrifice to find it.

About the Sam Halloran Thriller Series
Each novel in the Sam Halloran Thriller Series stands on its own. While Sunday Night Fears explores how Sam Halloran’s past shaped the man he becomes, later books like One Honest Soul and Echoes of Deceit plunge directly into high-stakes financial fraud investigations. New readers can start with this book—or anywhere in the series.
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Author: Tom Golden
Series: The Sam Halloran Trilogy, Book 3
Genre: Forensic Accounting Thriller
About the Author
Tom Golden

TOM GOLDEN is retired from leading one of the largest forensic accounting investigation practices in the US. He has a national reputation in financial crime investigation and is a frequent presenter to the Fortune 500 and many organizations including the FBI and IRS.

A CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Golden was also an adjunct professor at DePaul University, Chicago, where he developed and taught the school's first forensic accounting course in 2002. He was the financial fraud expert appearing in the 2017 film documentary ALL THE QUEEN'S HORSES detailing the largest municipal fraud in our nation's history.

Prior to turning his attention to the literary world, he was the lead author of the award-winning Wiley book A GUIDE TO FORENSIC ACCOUNTING INVESTIGATION, now in its second edition. He continues to write novels and speak about his high-profile financial crime investigations.

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